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Atom Heart 243.5 Lyrics
Still alive
all knowing eye
beneath your stream of words
your rapid stream of words
though none will ever
live to share
the radiant stream
the promised hues
from which your picture fell
Re-seal the components
from atom hearts
revert,
non-owner of worlds
As uncommunication becomes the manifest
our alien, architectural skeletons in unison collapse
Death rode these silent caravans
and steered them to the rim of the world.
Their diaries and withered letters
all devoted to the art of dying
The enterprise, academy
the crafts held in our hands
all devoted to the art of dying
No room to arrange
the final row of masks
drenched in chameleon-ink
for the grand charade
the tongues that burn in you
the slowly altered language
that colonised your heartland
advanced through broken doors
And they still believe in you
They seem to see so many things
hooked in your pestilent eye
your stale lids, your iris punctured
by tongues licking a lie
The enterprise, wolvenlore
the cursed seed of man
plunged through the tunnels of uncreation
we reach out to move the landmark,
hands seeping down from the chronicles of time
the quill now blunt
the scribe devoured
all knowing eye
beneath your stream of words
your rapid stream of words
though none will ever
live to share
the radiant stream
the promised hues
from which your picture fell
from atom hearts
revert,
non-owner of worlds
our alien, architectural skeletons in unison collapse
and steered them to the rim of the world.
all devoted to the art of dying
the crafts held in our hands
all devoted to the art of dying
the final row of masks
drenched in chameleon-ink
for the grand charade
the tongues that burn in you
the slowly altered language
that colonised your heartland
advanced through broken doors
hooked in your pestilent eye
your stale lids, your iris punctured
by tongues licking a lie
the cursed seed of man
plunged through the tunnels of uncreation
we reach out to move the landmark,
hands seeping down from the chronicles of time
the scribe devoured
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I hate making guesses as to the meanings of songs, but this one really intrigues me. Great song, by the way. Take note of who wrote the lyrics... Sundin. A bit out of the norm, but definitely not bad.
Anyways, as to my idea about the lyrics... I think it's about nuclear warfare. The name "Atom Heart" gives a bit of a clue. Also worth mentioning is 243.5. That's the atomic weight of Plutonium, which is the material used in atomic weapons. There are also some lines in the lyrics that could really relate to the nuclear theme. "Death rode these silent caravans and steered them to the rim of the world." "The enterprise, academy the crafts held in our hands all devoted to the art of dying" "The enterprise, wolvenlore the cursed seed of man plunged through the tunnels of uncreation"
Just my thoughts... that's what struck me as soon as I listened to the song.
There is a very Lovecraft-like feel to this song, I think.
+1 to mr brightside.